Alameda, California-based Uniface Corp will this week be staging a four-city telecast, rolling out its new Universal Presentation Interface and promising that developers will be able to build database applications that automatically deploy on computers running Motif, Open Look, Windows, Presentation Manager or even in character mode without the need to write a single line of additional code. Universal Presentation Interface, except for Presentation Manager, is available immediately as part of Uniface 5.2. The development, important to the company’s portability strategy and to developers interested in maintaining only a single application, addresses the multiplication of systems and graphical user interfaces in the marketplace. Uniface says each of the graphical user interfaces are supported by a specific driver that provides applications with all the features of the particular environment. Uniface figures that Universal Presentation Interface can help developers take advantage of the millions of character-based displays in the workplace. Otherwise, the new language release is said to improve Kanji support. Uniface pricing ranges from $5,000 to $250,000. Graphical user interface drivers cost $350 to $32,000 depending on the system and configuration.
